Striking Massachusetts nurses outwait corporate giant Tenet
Last year’s longest-running strike came to an end in early January when nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, overwhelmingly voted...
Shielding poor children from the looming food crisis
The war in Ukraine is causing further disruption to the global food supply and making it harder for the world’s poorest households to afford adequate nutrition.
Millions consumed potentially unsafe water in the past 10 years
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a “D” grade for the quality of its drinking water systems based on an evaluation of their safety, condition, capacity and other criteria.
Trump administration allocates millions of dollars from health programs to increase migrant shelter
"We cannot continue to spend taxpayer dollars on the President’s manufactured crisis at the border, which is government-sanctioned child abuse."
Leaked Emails Claim Snyder Administration Withheld Lead Testing Results
Snyder has denied he improperly delayed the release of lead testing results in city schools conducted in October.
FDA makes abortion pills available in pharmacies and through mail-orders companies
Any pharmacy can provide the pills to patients as long at drugstores and large chains have completed the certification process.
‘Seems like a good policy!’ CBO shows Medicare for All could cover everyone for...
"A large share of Medicare administrative costs are tied up in tasks like eligibility determination... that would no longer exist in a Medicare for All system."
Superbugs killing twice as many people as government says
We reach more than 5,000 deaths just with resistant E.coli alone. If we add in the other resistant bugs we get to almost 12,000 deaths.
Washington becomes first state to sue Monsanto over PCBs, accused of knowing its toxicity...
Washington’s lawsuit comes just days before shareholders decide on Bayer AG’s $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto that would create the world’s largest seed and pesticide company.
Organic farming in the U.S. is now bigger than ever
The number of certified organic acres in the country rose by more than 10 percent over the past two years.